Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, ¹  but you were not satisfied there either.

As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ² 

But the wheat and the spelt ¹  were not struck, for they are later crops.) ² 

They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them.

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; ¹  we wailed in mourning, ²  yet you did not weep.’

For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated ¹  (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. ² 

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ¹ 

The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians.

You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God. ¹ 

But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

but from my youth I raised the orphan ¹  like a father, and from my mother’s womb ²  I guided the widow! ³ 

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.

Then ¹  he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for people, ²  not people for the Sabbath.

And they saw that some of Jesus’ disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed.

So ¹  Judas ²  agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus ³  when no crowd was present. ⁴ 

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, ¹  teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) ²  the word of the Lord. ³ 

Because he could not be persuaded, ¹  we said no more except, ²  “The Lord’s will be done.” ³ 

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge ¹  him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected. ² 

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked. ¹